The Year In Music – April 2012

April 2012 – 82 Albums Heard

Top 10 Albums

1. Norah Jones – Little Broken Hearts (Experimental Pop)
2. The Civil Wars – Barton Hollow (Folk)
3. Jack White – Blunderbuss (Alternative)
4. Dodgy – Stand Upright In A Cool Place (Britpop)
5. Dead Sara – Dead Sara (Alternative)
6. Half Moon Run – Dark Eyes (Indie Pop)
7. Great Lake Swimmers – New Wild Everywhere (Indie Folk)
8. Our Lady Peace – Curve (Alternative)
9. Go Back To The Zoo – Shake A Wave (Indie Rock)
10. Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again (Acoustic Soul)

Top 10 Tracks

1. We Were Pirates – I Want You Back
2. Our Lady Peace - Allowance
3. The Shins – September
4. The Lumineers – Dead Sea
5. M. Ward – A Wasteland Companion
6. Peter Broderick – Trespassing
7. Evans Blue – Graveyard Of Empires
8. Madonna – Falling
9. AU – Old Friend
10. Ian Anderson – A Change Of Horses

The Year In Music – March 2012

March 2012 – 107 Albums Heard

Top 10 Albums

1. Bertolf – Bertolf (Indie Pop/Folk)
2. Birth Of Joy – Life In Babalou (Neo-Psychedelia)
3. Deep Sea Arcade – Outlands (Indie Rock)
4. Andrew Bird – Break It Yourself (Indie Rock/Baroque Pop)
5. The Pines – Dark So Gold (Indie Rock)
6. Katie Melua – Secret Symphony (Acoustic Jazz)
7. The Little Hands Of Asphalt – Floors (Alternative Rock)
8. Morning Parade – Morning Parade (Alternative Rock)
9. Beggar’s Bride – From The Wardrobe Of My Soul (Hard Rock)
10. Laura Gibson – La Grande (Indie Folk)

Top 10 Tracks

1. Bertolf – Om Hare Om
2. The Rose West – Lysmythe
3. Bruce Springsteen – Jack Of All Trades
4. Birth Of Joy – Devil’s Paradise
5. Imagine Dragons – Radioactive
6. Andrew Bird – Lazy Projector
7. Katie Melua – Moonshine
8. Sinead O’Connor – V.I.P.
9. Passenger – Patient Love
10. Case Mayfield – Crooked Waits 

The Year In Music – February 2012

February 2012 – 70 Albums Heard

Top 10 Albums

1. Seryn - This Is Where We Are (Indie Folk)
2. Gonjasufi - MU.ZZ.LE (Experimental/Lo-Fi)
3. Dr. Dog – Be The Void (Psychedelic Rock)
4. Band Of Skulls - Sweet Sour (Alternative Rock)
5. Mark Lanegan Band - Blues Funeral (Alternative Rock)
6. Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It (Indie Pop)
7. Point B – The Veld (Dubstep)
8. Shearwater - Animal Joy (Indie Rock)
9. Heartless Bastards - Arrow (Garage Rock)
10. Islands - A Sleep And A Forgetting (Indie Rock)

Top 10 Tracks

1. Mark Lanegan Band – Bleeding Muddy Water
2. Band Of Skulls – Lies
3. Point B – Jetsam Collector
4. Halestorm – Here’s To Us
5. Dr. Dog – Lonesome
6. Cambriana – Swell
7. Kapitan Korsakov – Untitled
8. Dr. Dog – Turning The Century
9. Heartless Bastards – Got To Have Rock And Roll
10. Django Django – Wor

The Year In Music – January 2012

January 2012 – 49 Albums Heard

Top 10 Albums

1. Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas (Folk)
2. The Maccabees – Given To The Wild (Indie Rock)
3. The Little Willies – For The Good Times (Alternative Country)
4. Ani DeFranco – Which Side Are You On? (Indie Folk)
5. First Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar (Folk)
6. Juzhin – Curious (Trip Hop)
7. Paul McCartney – Kisses On The Bottom (Pop/Jazz)
8. Ringo – Ringo 2012 (Rock)
9. Frank – Here Together (Rock)
10. Bears – Greater Lakes (Indie Pop)

Top 10 Tracks

1. The Ragbirds – Tomorrow River
2. The Little Willies – Jolene
3. Paul McCartney – The Glory Of Love
4. Frank – Shine
5. Louise Hoffsten – Looking For Mr. God
6. The Maccabees – Grew Up At Midnight
7. The Big Pink – Lose Your Mind
8. The Little Willies – Pennies On The Floor
9. Kathleen Edwards – House Full Of Empty Rooms
10. The Maccabees – Unknow

The Year In Music – Summary of ’11

Top 25 Albums

1. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
2. The Black Keys – El Camino
3. Jonathan Wilson – Gentle Spirit
4. Alex Turner – Submarine
5. Korn – The Path Of Totality
6. Stray Dogg – Almost
7. Foo Fighters – Wasting Light
8. Dewolff – Orchards-Lupine
9. The Jezabels – Prisoner
10. Florence And The Machine – Ceremonials
11. Fredrik - Flora
12. Adele – 21
13. Girls – Father, Son, Holy Ghost
14. Beady Eye – Different Gear, Still Speeding
15. The Black Box Revelation – My Perception
16. Miles Kane – Color Of The Trap
17. The View – Bread And Circuses
18. Joe Bonamassa – Dust Bowl
19. Susheela Raman – Vel
20. Black Country Communion – Black Country Communion 2
21. Manchester Orchestra – Simple Math
22. Grails – Deep Politics
23. Opeth – Heritage
24. Radiohead – The King Of Limbs
25. Obits – Moody, Standard And Poor

Top 15 Songs

1. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Everybody’s On The Run
2. The View – Friend
3. Foo Fighters – White Limo
4. The Black Keys – Little Black Submarines
5. Jonathan Wilson – Valley Of The Silver Moon
6. Ed Sheeran – The A Team
7. City And Color – O’Sister
8. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – AKA… What A Life!
9. Puscifer – Tumbleweed
10. Angus And Julia Stone – Paper Aeroplane
11. Dia Frampton – Billy The Kid
12. Thrice – Words In The Water
13. Tesla – Changes
14. Black Country Communion – Save Me
15. 7 Walkers - 7 Walkers

The Year In Music – December 2011

December 2011: 110 Albums heard

Top 5 Albums

1. The Jezabels - Prisoner (Indie Pop)
2. The Black Box Revelation – My Perception (Garage Rock)
3. Mat Kearney – Young Love (Pop-Rock)
4. Dia Frampton – Red (Pop-Rock)
5. Puscifer – Conditions Of My Parole (Post Industrial Rock)

Top 10 Tracks

1. Puscifer – Tumbleweed
2. Dia Frampton – Billy The Kid
3. Tim Akkerman – Between The Sun And The Moon
4. Chevelle – Pinata 
5. Pain Of Salvation – The Physics Of Gridlock
6. Hard-Fi – Give It Up
7. The Coppertone – Black Water
8. We Were Promised Jetpacks – Act On Impulse
9. Slam Cartel – Walk A Mile
10. Mister Heavenly – Reggae Pie

The Year In Music – November 2011

November 2011: 76 Albums heard

Top 5 Albums

1. The Black Keys – El Camino (Garage/Blues Rock)
2. Korn – The Path Of Totality (DubStep/Industrial/Nu Metal)
3. Vanessa Carlton – Rabbits On The Run (Indie Pop)
4. Cast – Troubled Times (Britpop)
5. Izia – So Much Trouble (Rock)

Top 10 Tracks

1. The Black Keys – Little Black Submarines
2. Gym Class Heroes Feat. Adam Levine – Stereo Hearts
3. Kyng – Takes Its Toll
4. Anglelo Spencer – La Marche
5. Of Monsters And Men – The Sinking Man
6. dEUS – Constant Now
7. Daughtry – Lullaby
8. Todd The Wet Sprocket – Brother
9. Nickelback – Everything I Wanna Do
10. Cobra Starship Feat. Sabi – You Make Me Feel Good

The Year In Music – October 2011

October 2011: 100 Albums heard

Top 10 Albums

1. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds (Alternative Rock)
2. Florence And The Machine – Ceremonials (Indie Rock)
3. Ed Sheeran – + (Indie Folk)
4. Portugal.The Man – In The Mountain, In The Cloud (Alternative Rock)
5. Jon Mckiel – Tonka War cloud  (Folk)
6. James Morrison – The Awakening (Indie Soul)
7. Ryan Adams – Ashes & Fire (Alternative Country)
8. Steven Wilson – Grace For Drowning (Progressive Rock)
9. Deer Tick – Divine Providence (Indie Folk)
10. Gavin Degraw – Sweeter (Pop Rock)

Top Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Tracks

1. Everybody’s On The Run
2. AKA… What A Life
3. Stop The Clocks
4. (I Wanna Live In A Dream In My) Record Machine
5. The Death Of You And Me

Top 10 Tracks

1. Ed Sheeran – The A Team
2. Steven Wilson – Deform To Form A Star
3. Sidd Coutto – Escape
4. Fountains Of Wayne – Acela
5. Mogwai – Does This Always Happen
6. Coldplay – Us Against The World
7. Mastodon – Creature Lives
8. James Morrison – Person I Should’ve Been
9. Arcane Roots – Rouen
10. Tori Amos – Job’s Coffin

 

The Year In Music – September 2011

September 2011: 98 Albums heard

Top 5 Albums

1. Jonathan Wilson – Gentle Spirit (Psychedelic Folk)
2. Stray Dogg – Almost (Folk)
3. Girls – Father, Son, Holy Ghost (Indie Rock)
4. Opeth – Heritage (Progressive Metal)
5. Grand Hallway – Winter Creatures (Indie Pop)

Top 10 Tracks

1. Jonathan Wilson – Valley Of The Silver Moon
2. Thrice – Words In The Water
3. Staind – Something To Remind You
4. Kid Cudi – You Can Run
5. Bluejay – 2 For 1
6. Kasabian – Let’s Just Roll Like We Used To
7. JP Soars – Chasing Whiskey With Whiskey
8. Eskimo Joe – Just Don’t Feel
9. Bush – Be Still My Love
10. Machine Head – Darkness Within

The Year In Music – August 2011

August 2011:  61 Albums heard

Top 5 Albums

1. Abbe May – Design Desire (Rock)
2. Ziggy Marley – Wild And Free (Reggae)
3. Boy And Bear – Moonfire (Indie Rock)
4. Lenny Kravitz – Black And White America (Funk Rock)
5. Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne (Hip-Hop)

Top 10 Tracks

1. Tesla – Changes
2. Ziggy Marley Feat. Heavy D – It
3. Jay-Z & Kanye West – No Church In The Wild
4. Chicane – Come Back
5. Thursday – Stay True
6. Jeff Bridges – Blue Car
7. Jay-Z & Kanye West – Made In America
8. Watermelon Slim & Super Chican – Moonshine
9. Mighty Mo Rodgers – God In My Car
10. Blue October – Any Man In America